ODP: Re: Acpli driver for FreeBSD to Asus A6F

[Marcin Nowak]

Hi Akira!

I have discovered that feature (I think about LCD Brightness), but 
I thought, there are others. Brightness works fine (that like you described).
Is any chance for simply volume control or another acpi buttons?

Greets :)

----- Wiadomość oryginalna -----
Od:: Akira Funahashi <funa at funa.org>
Data:: Czwartek, 17 Kwiecień 2008 12:59
Temat: Re: Acpli driver for FreeBSD to Asus A6F

> Hi Marcin,
> 
> Thank you so much for your feedback!
> Here is the complete procedure how to use & test my patch.
> # I think you have already done step 1 to 3, but please let me make
> # sure what you have done :-)
> 
> 1. Apply the patch.
>   # cd /sys/de   # patch < acpi_asus.c.diff
>   # cd /sys/i386/compile/$YOUR_CONFIG
>   # make modules && make instal
> 
> 2. add following line to /boot/loader.conf
>   acpi_asus_load="YES"
> 
> 3. reboot
> 
> 4. After reboot, try the following command:
>   # sysctl hw.acpi.asus
>   ... will shows a list of customizable values for your ASUS laptop.
>   For instance, you might see the line
> 
>     hw.acpi.asus.lcd_brightness: 15 (or whatever a value)
> 
>   which describes your LCD brightness (the value will be 0 to 15, 
> I guess).
>   You can change the brightness by following command
> 
>   # sysctl hw.acpi.asus.lcd_brightness=1
> 
>   which will reduce the brightness.
> 
>   Well, some laptop allows us to use hot-keys (ex. [Fn]+[F3]) to
>   change the brightness, or use other ACPI related functions.
>   On my EeePC, I can change the brightness through [Fn]+[F3] and [F4]
>   after appling my patch. But it depends on the implementation of
>   ACPi on each laptop, how the hot-key is treated under ACPI.
> 
> Please let us (freebsd-acpi at freebsd.org) know whether my patch worked
> on your A6F, so that we can go ahead and commit the patch to CVS HEAD.
> Your comment/feedback is really important for me to continue working
> on ASUS ACPI support.
> 
> And the most important thing is that, I wish you could have fun with
> this patch :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Akira Funahashi/[funa at funa.org]
>